“Being at Nottingham Forest when I was younger, it’s always nice to come to Derby and get the three points,” Lascelles explained.

“Credit to the boys, they were fantastic, and we go again on Tuesday.

“I’ve got loads of friends and family here. I only lived five minutes around the corner.”

Unsurprisingly, some of the Derby faithful booed Lascelles whenever he got the ball. Does the affect him in any way?

“I don’t mind it - it revs me up a bit to be honest,” he added.

“I think the last time I was on this pitch, I rugby-tackled one of the fans because he’d run on the pitch and started swinging for Kelvin Wilson when I was at Forest. So I can’t imagine they’re too fond of me but that’s football for you.”

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Interestingly, despite having grown up in Derby, Lascelles insists he was not really a Rams fan when he was younger. In fact, basketball was his sport of choice until Forest signed him up.

“I wasn’t into football that much when I was little kid, I was more into basketball,” he continued.

“I used to play for my local team and we actually went 40 games with a clean sheet so Forest signed me when I was younger and I played for them after.